Sometimes it’s the smallest things that make us the happiest. That is what I believe. By looking at the world creatively you can do so much more. Make so many of your dreams come true. Chart the course to your Castles in the Air. Learn a new skill. Make your home pretty. Have good times with friends and family.

We are all in pursuit of happiness and yet we always add conditions to the feeling. Losing weight, getting a promotion, writing a book, being more social.

After reading many self help books, (I am a HUGE believer in cognitive therapy) I realized that I had the concept of happiness all wrong. Happiness is not something to achieve it is something that can be crafted!

But then I’ve always known that in some part of my brain. Because I’ve been creating to take a break from life and to escape into a world of my own for years.

I’ve always balanced my mostly numbers and mathematics driven life with some sort of creative pursuits. I feel that art and creativity balance my life. They distract me from to-dos and the daily anxieties and stress of life. I have an over active mind and am anxious by nature and so creating and crafting has been a refuge for me at many trying times in my life.

This is why I create. Because I do believe that happiness can be crafted! And now even scientific research shows that happiness can be created. Our reality, quite a large chunk of it, really depends on how we view it and so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that our external circumstances predict only about 10% of our total happiness.